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CHAMPIONSHIP SKIPPERS
| 2009 Imoca World Championship | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Marc Guillemot | 362pts |
| 2. | Michel Desjoyeaux | 357pts |
| 3. | Armel Le Cleach | 338pts |
| 4. | Samantha Davies | 321pts |
| 5. | Vincent Riou | 304pts |
| 6. | Dee Caffari | 295pts |
| 7. | Arnaud Boissières | 292pts |
| 8. | Brian Thompson | 281pts |
| 9. | Steve White | 250pts |
| 10. | Richard Wilson | 220pts |
| 11. | Raphaël Dinelli | 210pts |
| 12. | Norbert Sedlacek | 200pts |
| 13. | Kito De Pavant | 59pts |
| 14. | Loïck Peyron | 52pts |
| 15. | Yann Eliès | 44pts |
| 16. | Roland Jourdain | 39pts |
| 17. | Mike Golding | 36pts |
| 18. | Jérémie Beyou | 33pts |
| 19. | Yannick Bestaven | 32pts |
| 20. | Alex Pella | 30pts |
| 21. | Pachi Rivero | 18pts |
| 22. | Guillermo Altadill | 16pts |
| 23. | Jean-Pierre Dick | 8pts |
| 24. | Marc Thiercelin | 4pts |
| 25. | Unai Basurko | 0pts |
| 26. | Jean-Baptiste Dejeanty | 0pts |
| 27. | Derek Hatfield | 0pts |
| 28. | Sébastien Josse | 0pts |
| 29. | Jean Le Cam | 0pts |
| 30. | Jonathan Malbon | 0pts |
| 31. | Bernard Stamm | 0pts |
| 32. | Alex Thomson | 0pts |
| 33. | Dominique Wavre | 0pts |
The IMOCA Class Association
The Most Successful Ocean Racing Class
IMOCA stands for International Monohull Open Class Association. It is the governing body responsible for the technical rules and regulations of IMOCA Open 60 (ft) yachts that take part in well-known races such as the Vendée Globe, the Route du Rhum, the Transat Jacques Vabre and The Artemis Transat to name a few. IMOCA was established in 1991 and has been recognised as an International ISAF Class since 1998 – safety remains the main priority of the Class.
IMOCA not only manages the evolution of the technical rules but also defines the boats’ IMOCA International Ocean Racing World Championship with point-scoring races. It is because of its wide-spread calendar with races taking place from France, the UK, Spain and the US, that attracts skippers from all around the world.
IMOCA News 
A SIZEABLE IMOCA FLEET FOR THE END OF 2010
2/9/2010
The Imoca skippers are due to meet up again in St Malo on 31st October for the Route du Rhum-la Banque Postale and in Barcelona on 31st December for the Barcelona World Race. 9 boats are set to compete in the Rhum and at least ten for the Barcelona.
British skipper Mike Golding lifts the Artemis Challenge Trophy
4/8/2010
Competing in a high adrenaline 50 mile sprint round the Isle of Wight, British skipper Mike Golding aboard Mike Golding Racing took line honours in a light wind race, winning the £10,000 charity prize fund donated by Artemis Investment Management, for his chosen charity, the RNLI.
IMOCA ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
29/3/2010
The IMOCA class held its Annual General Meeting on 25th March 2010 at the FFVoile (French Sailing Federation). It was an opportunity to review the past year and draw up the main outline for the future. 2009 was punctuated by two large bodies of work: the formalisation of the class measurement rules and the creation of a new race around Europe, the Istanbul Europa Race.
Race News
Istanbul Europa Race - Small Beginnings
In November 2007, IMOCA announced its intention to create a crewed race around Europe for its skippers, the organisers and all sponsors, a race that would follow the epic 2008-2009 Vendee Globe.